diff --git a/package/cppcms/Config.in b/package/cppcms/Config.in
index 25fd93a7d0..6c0bff934c 100644
--- a/package/cppcms/Config.in
+++ b/package/cppcms/Config.in
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCMS
 	bool "cppcms"
 	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGPG_ERROR_ARCH_SUPPORTS # libgcrypt
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # dlopen()
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT
 	help
 	  CppCMS is a Free High Performance Web Development Framework
 	  (not a CMS) aimed for Rapid Web Application Development. It
diff --git a/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk b/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
index 530b44427b..357909f31d 100644
--- a/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
+++ b/package/cppcms/cppcms.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON \
 	-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$(CPPCMS_CXXFLAGS)"
 
-CPPCMS_DEPENDENCIES = pcre libgcrypt
+CPPCMS_DEPENDENCIES = pcre
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_CPPCMS_ICU),y)
 CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS += -DDISABLE_ICU_LOCALE=OFF
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ else
 CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS += -DDISABLE_ICU_LOCALE=ON
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGCRYPT),y)
+CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS += -DDISABLE_GCRYPT=OFF
+CPPCMS_DEPENDENCIES += libgcrypt
+else
+CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS += -DDISABLE_GCRYPT=ON
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB),y)
 CPPCMS_CONF_OPTS += -DDISABLE_GZIP=OFF
 CPPCMS_DEPENDENCIES += zlib